Episode 62 :: Alison Westlake

You probably know ALISON WESTLAKE best as Coriander Girl, her wildly successful Toronto based Flower shop. Of course, if you don’t yet know Alison, you are in for a treat! Today on the dock, we are talking about the challenges of running a creative business when you are, in fact, a creative and not coming from a business background. As you will hear, Alison created a business and a life– simply by following her heart. I say simply, but that does not mean it was … View Post

Episode 61 :: Amanda McCavour

If you read a bit about AMANDA MCCAVOUR, you will find that she “is a Toronto-based artist who works with stitch to create large-scale embroidered installations who is interested in thread’s assumed vulnerability, its ability to unravel, and its strength when it is sewn together.”  But what does that mean, exactly? And, more to the point– I wanted to hear about how she came to make the kind of strong/fragile, tiny/enormous, personal/public art that is so unlike anything I have seen before.  It’s not just that … View Post

Episode 60 :: Asya Palatova

Stepping into the home, garden, or studio of artist ASYA PALATOVA brings ease, beauty and grace into your day. Whatever space she is in, you can be sure she has created a vibration of serenity and such loveliness. In fact, if I were to assign her a trademark– that would surely be it: serene lovely. As serendipity would have it, Asya was the first person I ever met in Providence and over the past five years, we have become great friends. There were so many parallels in … View Post

Episode 59 :: Wendy McWilliams

When I reached out to Wendy McWilliams, I did not know her story at all. I was simply drawn to her work and really loved following her along on IG because of the paintings she shares and the inspirational quotes she tucks into her feed. There is a vibrant, upbeat, joyful spirit in her work that just fills my heart. That is why I invited her to come and chat with me on the dock. Imagine my thrill, then– to hear how Wendy created a … View Post

Episode 58 :: Susannah Conway

Could there be any better way to usher in a whole new year of chats on the dock than with the Goddess of welcoming in the New Year? Back in 2009, SUSANNAH CONWAY began offering a workbook she created called Unravel Your Year. It was a wild success and thousands of people have since printed it out and used it to bring clarity and focus to their life. For many of us, it has become one of the sweetest end of the year traditions. (In … View Post

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